Let me define 'taking over'; reducing the country's infrastructure to nothing and reducing the population to the point that resistance isn't viable. We haven't done that since 1945...
v/r //SIGNED// Stephen S. Wolfe, YA2, DAF 6th MDG Data Services Manager 6th MDG Information System Security Officer Comm (813) 827-9994 DSN 651-9994 -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ed Leafe Sent: Wednesday, July 16, 2008 9:29 AM To: ProFox Email List Subject: Re: [OT] "The world should share the cost" of rebuildingthe Afghanarmy -- McCain from today's speech On Jul 16, 2008, at 7:29 AM, Wolfe, Stephen S Civ USAF AMC 6 MDSS/SGSI wrote: > Let's imagine that the US did want to 'take over' a country -- that > was > the number one mission - do you doubt we have the power to execute > that > mission? There is no doubt that we have the power to destroy just about any country. But take it over? That means getting the people of the country to accept our authority. I haven't met a group of people yet that will not resist a foreign power taking over their land. -- Ed Leafe [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[EMAIL PROTECTED] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
